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Slide Show: Meet Me at the Fair

By Lisa Tozzi August 17, 2007 6:00 pmAugust 17, 2007 6:00 pm

Senator Barack Obama drove a bumper car with his daughter at the Iowa State Fair. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

For decades, the Iowa State Fair has been a must-attend event for political candidates. This week, the current crop of presidential contenders braved the crowds, the heat and the traditional pork-chop-on-a-stick, to keep the old tradition alive. Go to Slide Show

The Iowa experience certainly exposes the candidates in an unfiltered way. That’s part of the system. The candidates are forced to fit in with the rural atmosphere, where they are not in charge of the context. They have to ad lib, and be human.

This country is in desperate need of a broom to clean up the mess in Washington and the only candidate who will be right for the job is OBAMA. HRC guarantees the same old, same old and the slew of lobbyists who know how to buy and sell candidates. We all know that HRC is the Queen of outsourcing, and the largest recipient of largesse from the health industry. OBAMA represents change and HRC is status quo. If this country is to survive the century, only OBAMA can change the tide of human affairs. hrc guarantees continuation of stalemate and divisiveness in government. And besides, who can imagine James Carville as secretary of state and Webster Hubbell as a justice of the Supreme Court.

Obama is a good father it seems and he’s smart. Many smart people surround themselves with other capable smart people and they succeed as presidents because they’re pragmatic rather than psychotic megalomaniacs like Nixon, LBJ and Shrub.

Obama is certainly unelectable. Its sad to see, but there are too many racists left in our country to elect an African American President.

Just look at the democratic field. Even in the party with the most African American participation, he can barely muster enough numbers to match Hillary. Now, go to the more unforgiving general election, and the right wing wackos will do anything they can to stop Obama from winning. We can’t waste this opportunity the Republicans have given us.

I sent Obama money this morning for his campaign. I want to win in 2008 and he is the best candidate from either party and why I say that is he knew as an Illinois legislator that Iraq was a “no-win” scenario. A great picture of Obama and his daughter having fun. Post #3 get real! By the way, I also read his book and like his ideas to renew America after 8 years of the worse President in the history of the United States!!!

that picture makes me smile. Obama’s little girl, Sasha, is having so much fun you can just hear the peals of laughter coming from her.
Wouldn’t it be so much fun to have those little girls running around on the white house lawn?

Obama is the very best candidate that this century will have. He has it all, lucky for us. He is brave and his ideas are refreshing and energizing. I will be his biggest supporter. Some of the media and old boring ideas that support the Establishment and cronyism represented by most of the other contenders not only smell very fishy, but scary and selfish. That is what they call “experience”. That does not count as good earned experience. We need quality experience, not numbers of years of learning the bad ways to do politics that will continue bringing more pain and suffering for so many people in this country and the world in the new century. We do not want people like the Clintons. They are ready to sell the country many times over. In fact, they have learned to do it well. Hillary has the nerve to even accept that she does not care of people’s support nor money because she receives all the money and much more that she needs from corporations and lobbyists to win, no matter how. This election represents clearly two sides: We, The people, honesty and hope against cynicism and conventional ways of thinking to ruin this country. People need to open their mind and eyes well and not be afraid to change their usual ways to see matters and events more clearly.

Barack Obama is the man I wan to elect as my next President. He will teach us so much and do the right things for us. Such a contrast of what we are used to see in the White House. Let us not be fooled and deceived again, but let us be grateful that he is our best choice.

Barack Obama speaks directly and with candor. Apparently, he believes that truthfullness and honesty are core values to live by. By all accounts, he also is an excellent father and husband. What’s not to like?

He has an admirable record of service. The depth of his positions on substantive issues perhaps has not been matched by an Illinois leader since Adelai Stevenson. The nation should be grateful that such a sincere and mature visionary has made himself available to lead the country.

The contrasts with other candidates in both parties are pretty striking. Many are simply actors, either by profession or by intent, and do not inspire the confidence in the validity of their purpose and trustworthiness. These characteristics are important!

I don’t understand all of this racist minority talk when it comes to Obama. He is more white than he is black. His mother was a white American citizen; his father was from a foreign country. He grew up in the elite white neighborhoods. Why all the ethnic tease and baiting?

#14, vwcat, I have the same thought about those girls running around on the White House lawn. Michelle would be such an elegant First Lady. A family we could all be so proud of living in the White House. A really competent, intelligent President. It seems like just having that loving family there would lift everyone’s spirits, and give us inspiration to better face the big problems facing our nation.

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